1953 - Ecurie Ecosse are deservedly famous for their two Le Mans victories and myriad other sports car wins in Jaguar powered cars during the 1950s, but for a while they also ran Cooper-Bristols in F1/F2 events.
Note the Scottish saltire painted on the intake mesh grille. The flamboyant driving style and short sleeve shirt held in by a body belt (to keep internal organs in place) belong to Jimmy Stewart (6 March 1931 - 3 January 2008), elder brother of future three-times World Champion Jackie Stewart.
This was Jimmy's only GP start and he spun out on lap 79 of 90 in the Cooper-Bristol T20. He was briefly a works Aston Martin driver, but a crash at Le Mans in 1954 when he broke his arm, and another accident at the Nurburgring in 1955 when he overturned an Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type resulted in his retirement from the sport after extreme pressure from his mother.
